Paul Polak on Profits and Poor People Nov 27, 2013 Humanomics The microfinance movement and the work of iDE combined have probably helped about 50 million extremely poor people move out of poverty. Even if we Design for the Market Nov 27, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation Paul Polak writing at the Unreasonable Institute. It bears repeating: the appropriate technology movement died because it was led by Insights for Designing Your Strategy Oct 3, 2013 featured & Value Creation Greg Githens is writing some stuff on Strategy with a lot of clarity. Somebody you should follow if you are interested in Strategy. On Insights: Why Business Models Trump Technology? Oct 1, 2013 Finance & Marketing and Sales & Value Delivery Karan Girotra, who is a professor at Insead in Fontainebleau, France and Serguei Netessine, who is the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Innovation Office Is Hard Oct 1, 2013 Humanomics & Systems Ben at Governing writes about the challenging of creating Innovation in large government organisations: The second model, creating an office of Business Model Innovation at Large Organisations Sep 30, 2013 People & Value Creation & Value Delivery HBR on why large organisations struggle at business model innovation: Lack of top management support and attention Unlike other innovations, Theory of the Business. Sep 26, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation Drucker suggested that every organisation has a theory of its business. It consists of its understanding of the environment including customers and Go Outside for Strategy Sep 26, 2013 People & Value Creation I am facilitating strategy workshops and consulting for organizations in the social sector and in my view for Strategy the most important Why Seeing Is Succeeding? Sep 11, 2013 Value Creation Kim & Mauborgne, authors of Blue Ocean Strategy talks about the value of understanding customers for creating a good strategy. Exactly what I do Michigan State in the Us Starts Social Impact Bonds Sep 11, 2013 Finance & Quote Michigan plans to enlist private investors to finance a public social program, becoming the latest state government to try an experimental Empathy As a Starting Point for Innovation Sep 11, 2013 Humanomics & People & Value Creation Dana Silvers writing on design thinking and empathy. This matches up exactly with what we do at TACSI. I discussed how Strategy and Innovation in Value Innovation Sep 10, 2013 Value Creation In Strategy understanding non-customers and current customers by listening to them and understanding their “job to be done” is one of the keys to Strategy for Impact - Starts With Understanding Customers Sep 10, 2013 Value Creation The Strategy for a not for profit needs to be absolutely focussed on impact. At the service innovation level, we do that by using co-design to work Creativity in a Context Sep 10, 2013 Humanomics & Quote Dan Pallotta in HBR: The unspoken assumption is that our goal is to gain competitive advantage, to crush the competition, to win. But I believe Lessons From Hesselbein Sep 6, 2013 People & Systems Jim Collin’s Preface to Frances Hasselbein’s book is a great read. How to think of an organisational structure and leadership? In 1976, Hesselbein Scientific Management or Scientific Method Aug 26, 2013 Value Creation The key to invention is not more data, but more exploration and inspiration. What happens after that? The scientific method takes over. Hypothesis, Paul Witkay on the Ten Types of Innovations Aug 26, 2013 archetypes & innovation & startup & Value Creation It is not the types or its validity that I am interested but the ability to provide “archetypes”, to provide heuristics for business models which is Marketing Is About Values - Lessons From Steve Jobs Aug 25, 2013 Marketing and Sales & Quote In FastCompany (H/T: M G Siegler) “It’s a complicated and noisy world,” muses a younger Steve Jobs, “and we’re not going to get a chance to get An Idea Is Not Aug 24, 2013 Humanomics & Quote An idea is not a design A design is not a prototype A prototype is not a program A program is not a product A product is not a business A business The Only Overnight Success Is a Good Night’s Sleep Aug 22, 2013 Humanomics The title comes from a comment from Adam Creeger from Chris Dixon’s post: Angry Birds was Rovio’s 52nd game. They spent eight years and almost went Next page